St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-19

tdiy Van. WIFI d ltiu GRASS, easily Ills
tinguiSh Forts Fo0te and Washington,
the latter being opposite Mount Vernon,
where the precious dust of the immortal
Washington is carefully guarded. Sec
rotary Fairchild faces north, with his
stenographer opposite him, the desk
being of mahogany, with the same cloth
top observed i'll the other secretaries
offices.
Going eastward from the treasury de-
partment, say down + street, one of the
principal business streets of the capital,
two white marble buildings are seen,
one the interior department and the
other the poStOtfice department. Secre-
tary Lamar, who presdes over the deS-
TIMES of the interior department, has his
aSo In the southwest angle of the mar
bll structure looking out upon Il street
on the south and Seventh street on the
east. His desk is arranged SO that the
occupant looks westward, but in this de-
partment the head usually receives his
callers while sitting on Il red leather up
hOlstered sofa. There is no arrange
ment by which the private secretary can
sit at the same desk with the secretary,
but another desk for his use is arranged
in the southwest corner of the apart
ment.
Secretary Lamar could almost shake
hands across + street with the postmaS-
ter general, the distance between their
departments being only a few feet.
There is nothing picturesque i'll the
scene from the office of Postmaster Gen
.eral Villas, which faces south on + street,
from the second story of the postoffice
department, the only relief to the monot-
ony being large music hall and beer
garden, frequented mostly by Germans.
The postmaster general has sub
10 al rty off ln-lr GO
that his back is toward the east and he
Faces the section in which he belongs.
His private secretary is in an adjoining
apartment, but within easy call. All
the cabinet officers have electric wires
attached TO their desks and by touching
small gutta percha button any chief
OF division Or assistant
CAN BE SUMMONED TO THE MAIN OF
FICE.
Ten O'Clock is usually the hour when
the heads of the department put in an
appearance to begin the work of the
day and often they remain at their
evening have fallen. Secretary Whit
ney is notable exception, however, to
this for when he has any press
ing work he usually takes it to
his private residence either in
the old Frelinghuysen mansion
on ii street, or else to his county seat at
GraSsfands, opposite the presidents
cottage, Oak View. 1t is rarely that
the secretary OF the navy can be found
at his desk in the department after 2
O'clock in the afternoon, unless there is
an extraordinary demand upon his time
and services. The other secretaries,
however, stick close to their desks until
the business of the day is concluded,
but generally 5 O'Clock finds their Offices
deserted until the next morning, save by
the Waterman making the daily rounds.
Lunch rooms in the basement of their
respective departments are relied upon
by the secretaries to furnish SuStenance
during their hours of duty, and a mes
senger with waiter and tempting
array of viands covered with SpotleSs
linen is not an unusual sight in the
vicinity of cabinet minister's
office. There is, however, no
lunch-room i'll the lower portion
of the department of justice,
SO Attorney General Garland has lunch
prepared at home each morning and
brings it with him to the office in small
white willow basket, and frequently lie
invites a visitor about lunch time to
share the contents. This official always
walks to and from his department, but
carriages are used by the other minis
tiers to convey them to their Offices.
Secretary Bayard has close carriage
drawn by two dark horses, the ribbons
being handled by white driver, whose
side whiskers would turn diplomat
green with envy.
Secretary Whitney comes to his Office
in close carriage, to which a pair of
cheStnutS are attached, driven by a col
ored cOachman, but once in II while the
head of the navy department comes to
work in magnificent Victoria drawn by
a pair .of grayS, whose silvermOunted
harness, with the monogram Nv.
G. w." and silver chains make
sweet music as they proudly canter
along the boulevards Of the capital.
Secretary Endicott utilities a rockaway
in coming to the Office and returning
home after his days work is done, and
a Splendidly-matched team of bays
seem to know that they are being used
by the naughty New Englander. Sec
rotary Fairchild has double bay team
at his disposal, attached to a close
carriage, but as soon as he can shake off
his official Shackles he mounts Il stout
roadster, and goes out in the afternoon
for needed equestrian exercise.
Secretary Lamar occasionally varies
the monOtony of a drive down town in
an open I cart with a single horse by
cantering up to the curbstone on
thoroughbred Kentucky riding horse
that always attracts attention.
A coupe drawn by an irOn-gray, high
stepping nag is the equippage most
effected by the postmaster general, and
son of the Ould Dart, with ferocious
gray side-whiskers, is the driver.